Some items of clothing don’t need a lot of accessories, and this dress by Hell Bunny Vixen is one of those items. I bought it a while ago in the sale for a couple of euros (yeah, really!) and in this article I’ll be showing you the simplicity and beauty of this dress.

Hell Bunny is quite a well-known London vintage reproduction brand. I already had a bikini from the brand, but I had never really looked at the dresses before. When I came across it in the sale I immediately fell in love with it and now I’ve finally found the time to create a cute look around it for an article. The shape of this dress is called a ‘tea dress’ from the 1940s and 1950s and that’s why I made the rest of the outfit look like it was from that era as well. I wore my hair up in a classical ‘Gibson roll’ (one of my favourite retro hairstyles) and I paired the dress with my black pumps that have quite a retro look. This time I did not go for a vintage or retro handbag to go with the outfit, but with a camera that is from the 1950s. A retro outfit looks so much nicer if you try styling it authentically and it makes the dress stand out more as well.

It is absolutely necessary to combine this dress with an underskirt, because the fabric is so thin. A thick petticoat wouldn’t work with the dress because it doesn’t have a full circle skirt, but a simple underskirt definitely does the trick. I had a couple of vintage underskirts laying around, so I wore one of those. Because the fabric of the dress is so thin you might experience a little ‘Marilyn Monroe moment’ once in a while. The underskirt helps keeping things decent 😉

I discovered that there is currently a large sale going on on the Hell Bunny website. If you’re looking for a cute and affordable summer dress I would highlly recommend taking a look there!

At the NYX store you can usually score some pretty good deals in the sale, so I stopped by a while ago and I found this set of three soft matte lip creams! Over a year ago I posted a review of one of the soft matte lip creams, and I have been wearing that pretty red shade regularly ever since. Are you also curious to see these three bright colours? Make sure to keep reading…

The soft matte lip creams from NYX are liquid lip colours that feel very soft on the lips and dry down matte. Unlike a lot of other liquid lipsticks they don’t dry out your lips at all, and they stay on for quite a long time. They obviously fade when you eat or drink a lot, but in exchange you get a product that doesn’t make your lips feel dry and uncomfortable. I went with this set of three colours mainly because of the old pink shade (with the name São Paulo) that you can see on the right of the picture. It seemed like a nice natural shade that adds a bit of subtle colour to your lips. I didn’t know what to expect from the purple shade, because I haven’t worn a colour like this before. I really wanted to try it out, and the fact that this set cost as much as one lip cream would normally cost convinced me to go for it.

On this picture you can see from top to bottom Addis Ababa, Seoul and São Paulo. As you can see, the colours look a bit differently on my lips than they do in the packaging. You can apply a couple of layers of these lip creams to intensify the colour, so it might make them look a bit brighter. I really like how Addis Ababa and São Paulo look on my lips. The first one is a bright pink shade that reminds me a little of a typical bubbglegum shade. The last one is a softer colour and is kind of a mix between an old pink shade and soft red. Seoul is my least favourite colour because the purple just looks strange to me. On the picture it looks a bit patchy, but this should be solved after adding a second layer. I might find an occasion to wear this colour to, but it definitely won’t end up in my pile of daily lip products.

On the picture you can very clearly see how the product dries down matte and doesn’t accentuate possible dryness on your lips. You also don’t need to use a lip pencil underneath because the colour doesn’t bleed.

These three colours are still available as individual lip creams, but I don’t know if NYX still sells them in this exact set. You can always check out your local NYX store and try the shades out yourself!

I own more real vintage dresses than vintage reproduction dresses (a.k.a. ‘new vintage’), and although the dress I’m wearing here isn’t a real vintage one, it does feel very authentic. I received this dress by Voodoo Vixen from a lovely neighbour of mine, and the dress fits me perfectly. It is rather long, so if you’re a bit smaller it will probably be too long for you.

The dress instantly gave me a 50s feeling, so I turned this look into a ’50s housewife’ one. The shoes are these cute nude peeptoes with a pink accent from Clarks, and the glasses are a retro model by the brand Dr. Peepers. I put my hair up in a ‘gibson roll’, one of my favourite hairstyles. It’s a very simple updo to recreate, and it keeps your hair out of your face. Every now and then I take the time to put my hair in pin curls or to make victory rolls, but that usually takes a bit too long. A gibson roll is a great alternative for that!

Most makeup brands have added liquid lip lacquers to their collection, and Action didn’t want to stay behind. They now sell several different shades of liquid lipstick, for less than one euro each. I was very curious to see whether they were actually good, so I decided to try out two of the colours!

As I said before, these lip lacquers cost less than one euro each, and for that price you get a lip pencil and a liquid lipstick that both contain quite a lot of product. There are a couple of different shades for sale, but I could only find these two: 02 Classic Red and 05 Pretty Pink. I don’t usually wear bright pink lipstick, but I decided to try this one out because it did look quite nice in the tube. I bought the red lipstick mostly to compare to my favourite lip lacquer by MUA, that I’ve showed you before.

Here you can see from left to right 05 Pretty Pink and 02 Classic Red. As you can see, the lipliner and the liquid lipstick are quite a good match when it comes to the colour, and they are both very pigmented. The only problem is that there is quite a lot of product on the applicator, which can make applying the product quite messy.

First, I’ll be showing you the pink shade. This one looked nice in the packaging, but on my lips I’m not a huge fan of it. It’s a true Barbie pink and it’s very bright. Applying this colour wasn’t that easy either: the colour comes of as patchy in some areas, and it’s very difficult to make straight lines. As you can see, the lip lacquer also goes into all the little lines on your lips, which gives you a rather ‘dried out’ look. The product dries relatively quickly, but it remains sticky for quite a while, especially when you press your lips together firmly. The lipstick also doesn’t last very long: even eating something small means that a large part of your lip colour will disappear. I’m not crazy about this shade at all…

The red colour felt completely different when I applied it to my lips: it wasn’t as patchy, it didn’t dry in these little lines, and it was less sticky. This colour last a lot longer as well. I can eat something without worrying whether my lipstick still looks decent. It doesn’t last for hours, but what can you expect from a lip product that costs less than a euro? I’m also a big fan of the beautiful dark red colour, a true ‘classic red’. On the picture you might be able to see that the colour does bleed a little around the edges, even though I used the lipliner. In real life it luckily doesn’t show up that much.

As you might be able to tell, I really like this shade. I also hope to come across more shades from this collection so I can try them out as well. They aren’t perfect, but if you like trying out some different shades of liquid lipstick, I highly recommend picking these up!

I have to read a lot of books for school, but every now and then I love it to just sit down with a book of my choice. The book Fashion Quotes from Patrick Mauriès and Jean-Christophe Napias is the perfect book for that, and in this article I’ll be showing you why that is.

I always love books. I really enjoy reading novels, but those typical coffee table books (books that don’t look bad just as decoration) are definitely my cup of tea as well. Fashion is one of my big interest, and there are a lot of fashion designers and actresses I look up to. In this book you can find all kinds of quotes from icons from the fashion industry like Christian Dior and Coco Chanel, but also from actresses, authors, singers, and so on. Not all of these quotes are about fashion either. This book is divided in different parts and that also contains for example style and personal taste. There are a lot of funny qotes, but also quotes that I truly believe in, like ‘Fashion is what people tell you to wear. Style is what comes from your own inner thing.’ by Pauline Trigère that you can read on the page below.

Fashion Quotes is one of those books that you don’t have to finish in one go, but that is much nicer to flip open on a random page every once in a while. I also really like how the book looks: the pages are quite plain, but there are a couple of very colourful pages in there that make it much more interesting and beautiful. I received this book for Christmas, and I think it’s the perfect book for all the fashion lovers in your life! It’s even nice for people that don’t enjoy reading that much, because these kinds of books weren’t meant to be read in one go 😉

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Welcome! I am Hannelore, the girl behind the blog. I am a 22 year old girl aspiring to live a vintage lifestyle. I adore the 1940s & 1950s, but I like to mix things up and also wear modern looks whenever I feel like it. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me!